John McEnroe - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack John McEnroe was born on February 16, 1959 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany as John Patrick McEnroe Jr. He is an actor, known for Wimbledon (1937), McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice (2011) and The Chair (2002). He has been married to Patty Smyth since May 23, 1997. They have two children. He was previously married to Tatum O'Neal . See full bio » Born: John McEnroe | Tennis Database Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit In addition to John McEnroe's skill on the tennis court and championship career, he is best known for his aggressive and intense playing style as well as his rivalry with Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg. "If you play John, you must play your best. He doesn't have any weaknesses," said Borg of McEnroe in the Lincoln Library of Sports Champions.

In the 1980 Wimbledon final, which Mike Lupica of Esquire called the most famous match ever, Borg found out just how tenacious the talented and controversial southpaw from Queens, New York, really was. Unfortunately, mention of McEnroe is just as likely to call to mind images of abused racquets and berated linesmen as it is the devastating serves and volleys that led to 17 Grand Slam titles. Personal Life Edit John Patrick McEnroe was born on February 16, 1959, in Wiesbaden, Germany, where his father, John McEnroe, Sr., was serving in the United States Air Force and his mother, Kay McEnroe, was a surgical nurse. He was the oldest of three sons. In 1963, his family moved to Douglaston, Queens, New York, where he was raised. At an early age, he exhibited unusually developed eye-hand coordination and athletic ability. According to his father, when John, Jr. was only two years of age, he could strike a ball with a plastic bat, and at age four he could hit it a considerable distance.

While McEnroe exhibited qualities of a tennis prodigy, he enthusiastically played many other sports. However, it soon became obvious that he possessed a great deal of natural ability on the tennis court. Oddly, although he won several Junior tournaments, and moved steadily upward in rank, he was never rated number one on the National Junior circuit. In 1970, McEnroe was placed under the tutelage of Tony Palafox, a former Davis Cup player for Mexico and Harry "Hop" Hopman, a former Australian Davis Cup coach, at the Port Washington (Long Island) Tennis Academy. McEnroe attended Trinity School, a prestigious and expensive Ivy League preparatory school in Manhattan, where he was known to be funny, witty, and rowdy. He did above average scholastically—although by his own admission, he could have done better if it weren't for his many sports activities: four years of soccer and tennis; two years of basketball. At the age of 16, McEnroe received a six-month suspension from the Port Washington Tennis Academy for an adolescent prank. As a result, his parents switched the young talent to the Cove Racquet Club, where Palafox had also moved.

Career Edit A pivotal series of events in McEnroe's career took place in 1977, after he graduated from high school. He was given the opportunity to play in Europe, where he won the French Juniors Tournament. Aiming for the Junior's title at Wimbledon, he had to pull out of the event when he qualified for the men's competition. Not only did he qualify for this important tournament, but he advanced to the semi-finals, where he was beaten by the more experienced Jimmy Connors, who won in four sets. At that time, McEnroe became the youngest man ever to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals. He also solidified his reputation as one of tennis' "bad boys" along with Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase. His disturbing and emotional outbursts were directed at linesman, opponents, and himself. Pete Axthelm from Newsweek noted later, "He is a young man who raised perfectly placed strokes to a high art form, only to resort to tantrums that smear his masterpieces like graffiti." Although McEnroe played somewhat inconsistently for the remainder of the year, he was voted Tennis magazine's Rookie of the Year for 1977.

McEnroe at a young age That fall, McEnroe attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on a tennis scholarship. He led the school's tennis team to the NCAA Championship in 1978. After his freshman year he decided to turn pro. In the summer of 1978, McEnroe was eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon but reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Open. By the end of that year, he was ranked sixth in the world in singles and fifth in doubles. It was during this time that McEnroe began his long commitment to Davis Cup play (earlier seeds may have been planted by Palafox and Hop's involvement in the Davis Cup). Tony Trabert, then Davis Cup coach, took a risk with the 19-year-old McEnroe, who handled the pressure well, winning his matches against England to help clinch the first U.S. Davis Cup victory in six years. In the next four months, McEnroe won four singles championships, including an important (and portentous) victory over Bjorn Borg on his home turf in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1978, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) recognized him with a Newcomer of the Year Award and ranked him number four in the world, behind Borg, Connors and Vilas. In his first six months as a pro, he earned nearly half a million dollars. After decisive victories over both Connors and Borg in 1979, McEnroe's playing style matured. It was an interesting contrast to the machine-gun like attacks of Connors and Borg. Like his idol, Rod Laver, McEnroe used finesse to keep his opponents off guard. His serve did not overpower, but he had extremely quick reflexes and an uncanny court sense—he seemed to know instinctively where to place his shots. Arthur Ashe, the late tennis champion, summed up his style in an interview with Sports Illustrated's Curry Kirkpatrick, "Against Connors and Borg, you feel like your being hit with a sledge hammer, but McEnroe is a stiletto." As his talent came to public attention, so did his "superstar" personality. At no tournament did his comments and disruptive actions stand out more than they did at Wimbledon, which was run by the traditional All England Club.

Whether there was any truth to his claims or not, McEnroe believed that the Wimbledon umpires were out to get him. "I get screwed by the umpires in this place," he was quoted as saying. There is a theory that these disruptions were beneficial to McEnroe. "He's the only player in the history of the game to go berserk and play better tennis," said George Plimpton in Esquire. Needless to say, the All England Club and the British fans were happy to see McEnroe lose in the fourth round at the 1979 Wimbledon tournament. Later that year McEnroe bounced back and won his first United States Open Championship, defeating fellow New Yorker Vitas Gerulaitis. McEnroe became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open since 1948. Shortly after his U.S. Open triumph, he led the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory over Argentina, Australia, and Italy to allow the team to retain the cup. In 1980, one of tennis' most notorious rivalries between McEnroe and the unflappable Swede, Bjorn Borg, took shape. It began in July of that year at the Wimbledon finals.

Although Borg started the first set erratically, the remaining four sets saw both players in top form. The highlight of the match took place in the fourth set, which went into a tiebreaker. It took 22 minutes and 34 points for McEnroe to finally win the set. But Borg emerged victorious (1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6). It was Borg's fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, but it also showed the world that McEnroe had the stamina and mental toughness to be a top player. The rivals met again at the U.S., Open where McEnroe found himself defending the title against a determined Borg as he had yet to win at Flushing Meadow. In a match with as many games as their famous Wimbledon final, McEnroe emerged the winner (7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4). McEnroe then set his sights on Wimbeldon. The 1981 Wimbledon tournament saw McEnroe and Borg once again in the final.

This time McEnroe ended Borg's five-year reign as he won in four sets (4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4). That same year, in September, McEnroe defended his U.S. Open title once again against Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3). Borg, perhaps feeling that his reign was over, retired after this defeat. McEnroe became the only man since Bill Tilden to win three consecutive U.S. Open titles. 1982 was not a good year for McEnroe as he failed to win any major tournaments. He was back in form in 1983, winning his second Wimbledon by crushing Chris Lewis (6-2, 6-2, 6-2). He also captured his 28th singles victory in Davis Cup play—a record. In 1984, McEnroe won 82 of 84 matches, including his fourth WCT final, his third U.S. Pro Indoor Championship and his second Grand Prix Masters title.

He captured his third Wimbledon title, soundly defeating Connors (6-1, 6-1, 6-2), and his fourth U.S. Open title (beating Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1). This victory was to mark the last Grand Slam title of his career. After having won a total of seven Grand Slam titles in singles and seven in doubles, and being number one in ATP year-end rankings from 1981 to 1984, McEnroe began to decline in 1985. Although he won eight singles titles that year, none of them were Grand Slam events. Several factors may have contributed to McEnroe's decline. First, McEnroe was notoriously negligent in his training. Second, it was, perhaps ironically, his tantrums, thought to pump him up while he was champion, that contributed to his fall. His 1990 default from the Australian Open for bouncing his racquet and yelling numerous obscenities happened at a time when he seemed to have his game together.

Sally Jenkins summed it up in an article for Sports Illustrated, "McEnroe's seven Grand Slam titles amount to about half of what he could have won had he bothered to train properly and gain control of his temper." In 1986, McEnroe took a sabbatical and married actress Tatum O'Neil, his girlfriend of two years (after the birth of their first child, Kevin) and retreated to his Malibu, California home. His break from tennis did not last long as he came back in August to face Boris Becker in a tournament in Stratton Mountain, Vermont. The match invited comparisons to the earlier Borg-McEnroe rivalries. Unfortunately, his comeback never fully took shape. He continued as a Davis Cup player and his successes in Cup play earned him more press than his occasional singles titles. McEnroe, who has four children, divorced O'Neil in 1992. He married singer Patty Smyth in April of 1997. The couple has two daughters. Post-retirement Edit In 1995, McEnroe began to call matches with the U.S.A. coverage of the French Open. This began his present broadcasting career.

He is a network television commentator for both NBC and CBS at Wimbledon, the French Open and the U.S. Open. He currently competes in a select number of tournaments and special events, largely for charity. Most of his charity work targets children's causes and he devotes a good deal of time to the Arthur Ashe foundation for the defeat of AIDS. In 1999, McEnroe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and was named captain of the Davis Cup team. Unlike many top tennis players, tennis was not the end-all-be-all for McEnroe. He has always enjoyed a wide range of activities. An avid rock fan and guitar player, he occasionally plays at charity events. His interest in art led him to open the John McEnroe Art Gallery in New York City which features up-and-coming young artists. Although his lack of single-minded devotion may have brought his tennis career to a halt, his charitable activities have brought to the public eye a side of McEnroe that was unseen during his reign as champion. McEnroe debuted his eponymous talk show on CNBC in 2004; the show was canceled six months later due to poor viewership.

John McEnroe Biography - family, childhood, children, history, school, mother, young, information, born, time, year John McEnroe Biography Wiesbaden, Germany American tennis player and television commentator John McEnroe was one of the most successful and high-profile players in the history of tennis. Throughout his career, McEnroe won seventeen Grand Slam titles, seventy-seven career single titles, and seventy-seven doubles titles. Childhood on the court John Patrick McEnroe Jr. was born on February 16, 1959, in Wiesbaden, Germany, where his father, John McEnroe Sr., was serving in the United States Air Force, and his mother, Kay McEnroe, was a surgical nurse. He was the oldest of three sons. In 1963 his family moved to Queens, New York, where he was raised. At an early age he showed advanced hand-eye coordination and athletic ability. According to his father, when John Jr. was only two years of age, he could strike a ball with a plastic bat, and at age four he could hit it a considerable distance. It soon became obvious that McEnroe possessed a great deal of natural ability on the tennis court.

Oddly, although he won several junior tournaments, and moved steadily upward in rank, he was never rated number one on the National Junior circuit. In 1970 McEnroe began training with Tony Palafox, a former Davis Cup (an international team tennis tournament) player for Mexico, and Harry "Hop" Hopman, a former Australian Davis Cup coach, at the Port Washington (Long Island) Tennis Academy. McEnroe attended Trinity School, a well-known and expensive Ivy League preparatory school in Manhattan, where he was known to be funny, witty, and rowdy. He did above average scholastically—although by his own admission, he could have done better if it weren't for his many sports activities: four years of soccer and tennis as well as two years of basketball. Youngest win in Wimbledon finals In 1977, after McEnroe graduated from high school, he was given the opportunity to play in Europe, where he won the French Juniors Tournament. Aiming for the Junior's title at Wimbledon, he had to pull out of the event when he qualified for the men's senior competition.

Not only did he qualify for this important tournament, but he advanced to the semi-finals, where he was beaten by the more experienced Jimmy Connors (1952–), who won in four sets. At that time, McEnroe became the youngest man ever to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals. He also solidified his reputation as one of tennis's "bad boys" along with Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase (1946–). His disturbing, emotional outbursts were directed at linesmen, opponents, and himself. Although McEnroe played somewhat inconsistently for the remainder of the year, he was voted Tennis magazine's Rookie of the Year for 1977. That fall McEnroe attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on a tennis scholarship. He led the school's tennis team to the NCAA Championship in 1978. After his freshman year he decided to turn professional. In the summer of 1978 McEnroe was eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon but reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Open. By the end of that year, he was ranked sixth in the world in singles and fifth in doubles.

Temper tantrums and superstardom As McEnroe's talent came to public attention, so did his "superstar" personality. At no tournament did his comments and disruptive John McEnroe. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation . actions stand out more than they did at Wimbledon, which was run by the traditional All England Club. Whether there was any truth to his claims or not, McEnroe believed that the Wimbledon umpires were out to get him. Although McEnroe lost in the fourth round at the 1979 Wimbledon tournament, later that year he bounced back and won his first U.S. Open Championship, defeating fellow New Yorker Vitas Gerulaitis. McEnroe became the youngest player to win the U.S. Open since 1948. At Wimbledon in July 1980 the world watched as one of tennis's greatest rivalries developed between McEnroe and Bjorn Borg (1956–). The highlight of the match took place in the fourth set, which went into a tiebreaker. It took twenty-two minutes and thirty-four points for McEnroe to finally win the set.

But Borg emerged victorious (1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6). It was Borg's fifth consecutive Wimbledon title, but it also showed the world that McEnroe had the endurance and mental toughness to be a top player. The rivals met again at the U.S. Open, where McEnroe found himself defending the title against a determined Borg, who had yet to win the Open. In a match with as many games as their famous Wimbledon final, McEnroe emerged the winner (7–6, 6–1, 6–7, 5–7, 6–4). The 1981 Wimbledon tournament saw McEnroe and Borg once again in the final. This time McEnroe ended Borg's five year reign as he won in four sets (4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4). That same year, in September, McEnroe defended his U.S. Open title once again against Borg (4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3). Borg, perhaps feeling that his reign was over, retired after this defeat.

McEnroe became the only man since Bill Tilden (1893–1953) to win three consecutive U.S. Open titles. McEnroe's decline and comeback In 1984 McEnroe won eighty-two of eighty-four matches, including his fourth World Championship of Tennis final, his third U.S. Pro Indoor Championship, and his second Grand Prix Masters title. He captured his third Wimbledon title, soundly defeating Connors (6–1, 6–1, 6–2), and his fourth U.S. Open title (beating Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–4, 6–1). This victory was to mark the last major title of his career. In 1986 McEnroe took time away from tennis and married actress Tatum O'Neal, his girlfriend of two years (after the birth of their first child, Kevin), and retreated to his Malibu, California, home. His break from tennis did not last long as he came back in August to face Boris Becker in a tournament in Stratton Mountain, Vermont. The match invited comparisons to the earlier Borg-McEnroe rivalries. Unfortunately, his comeback never fully took shape.

He continued as a Davis Cup player and his successes in Cup play earned him more press than his occasional singles titles. McEnroe, who has four children, divorced O'Neal in 1992. He married singer Patty Smyth in April of 1997. The couple has two daughters. Sports broadcasting and charity work In 1995 McEnroe began to call matches with the USA Network's coverage of the French Open. This began his present broadcasting career. He is a network television commentator for both NBC and CBS at Wimbledon, the French Open, and the U.S. Open. He currently competes in a select number of tournaments and special events, largely for charity. In 1999 McEnroe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and was named captain of the Davis Cup team. Although McEnroe's lack of single-minded devotion may have brought his tennis career to a halt, his charitable activities have brought to the public eye a side of him that was not seen during his reign as champion. An avid rock fan and guitar player, McEnroe occasionally plays at charity events.

His interest in art led him to open the John McEnroe Art Gallery in New York City, which features up-and-coming young artists.

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(born February 16, 1959) is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open), nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. McEnroe also won a record eight season ending championships, comprising five WCT Finals titles and three Masters Grand Prix titles from twelve final appearances at these two events, a record he shares with Ivan Lendl. He posted the best single season win-loss record in the Open Era in 1984 at 96.47% (82/3). In addition he won 19 Championship Series top tier events of the Grand Prix Tour that were the precursors to the current Masters 1000. He is best remembered for his shot-making artistry and superb volleying; for his famous rivalries with Bj"orn Borg, Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl; for his confrontational on-court behavior which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities; and for the catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" directed toward an umpire during a match at Wimbledon in 1981.

He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999, and is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. McEnroe is the older brother of Patrick McEnroe, who is also a former professional tennis player and the former Captain of the United States Davis Cup team, a position in which John served previously. They also both are now often commentators for Grand Slam tennis television coverage in the United States, and John McEnroe is also a commentator on Wimbledon for the BBC. McEnroe was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany, to Kay (n'ee Tresham) and John Patrick McEnroe, Sr. His father, who is of Irish descent, was at the time stationed with the United States Air Force. In 1960, the family moved to the New York City area, where McEnroe's father worked daytime as an advertising agent while attending Fordham Law School by night.

He John Mcenroe Net Worth, 3.1 out of 5 based on 20 ratings John Mcenroe Latest News John McEnroe - News NEWS 10 December 2016 9:43 PM, PST | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news » Lebanon-based distributor Phoenicia Pictures has acquired Mena rights to Borg vs McEnroe , about the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe , at Dubai Film Market. Sf Studios is handling international sales on the film, which is directed by Janus Metz Pedersen and stars Sverrir Gudnason and Shia Labeouf as Borg and McEnroe . Stellan Skarsgård also stars. “The film is the first step in Sf Studios’ intention to produce commercial high-quality films for the international market,” said producers Jon Nohrstedt and Fredrik Wikström Nicastro . The film is currently in post-production for release in autumn 2017.

It has also been sold to the UK (Curzon), France ( Pretty Pictures ), Germany (Ascot Pictures), Italy ( Lucky Red ), Poland (Best Film) and China (Hualu), among other territories. Sf Studios is attending Dubai Film Market as part of a delegation of Nordic producers, funders and sales agents. » - lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton) 6 December 2016 10:21 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » Last month Shia Labeouf showed off his freestyle rapping skills during SiriusXM Shade 45’s “ Sway in the Morning.” Now the actor is back with a new rap, a response to a feud that began with Soulja Boy .

The rapper tried to ban Shia from Atlanta and told him to “stick to acting” after Shia called him out on his previous track “Zapruder,” released last week on the New York radio show “The Breakfast Club.” Then on Monday (December 5), Labeouf released a quick response in which he talks about the feud and also declares that he’ll make a point to visit Atlanta “when [his] schedule is flexible.” In getting his point across, Shia compares himself to Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick , as well as notes his latest film role in the biopic “Borg/ McEnroe .” “I just finished playing tennis like I’m John McEnroe ,” he raps. “Compare me to Brando, Eminem, » - Liz Calvario 2 December 2016 6:01 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news » “Storytelling, entrepreneurship and adaptation to changing industry environment have always been part of the DNA of Nordisk Film .

That — together with owners like Egmont that have a long-term view on the film business — are some of the components for the long-term success,” says CEO Allan Mathson Hansen , of Denmark’s Nordisk Film . This year the country’s leading film company celebrates its 110th anniversary on top of Nordic production and distribution. When Hansen took over as CEO in 2008, he launched a restructuring of the company. ”We sold parts of our TV format and our music businesses,” he says. “It was all about getting back to the profitable core of the company and then develop from there. Today Nordisk Film is standing on four pillars: we produce and distribute content, we run leading cinema chains, we distribute Sony’s PlayStation, and we have ventured into a range of new adjacent businesses, » - Jorn Rossing Jensen 25 November 2016 9:38 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » Besides his numerous acting performances, Shia Labeouf is also known for his elaborate performance art pieces that frequently engage and excite the public.

One of these pieces was #Allmymovies, an installation in which Labeouf watched all of his films back-to-back at New York’s Angelika Film Center over three days while a fixed camera filmed his reactions and transmitted them across the Internet. The piece was divisive, but many felt received it positively, and now Labeouf discussed his various performance art jaunt last night on “ Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, including #AllMyMovies. Watch the segment below. Read More: Shia Labeouf Says He ‘Doesn’t Like the Movies’ He Made With Steven Spielberg “It starts like an ironic, silly thing, like most of the things I do, and then it wound up in a really cool, sincere place,” says Labeouf in response to why he did it in the first place. He went » - Vikram Murthi 14 November 2016 9:03 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » Shia Labeouf wishes he could have a do over on some of his previous comments about legendary director Steven Spielberg .

Shortly after completing Spielberg ’s “ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ,” Labeouf told the Los Angeles Times that Spielberg had “done so much great work that there’s no need for him to feel vulnerable about one film, but when you drop the ball you drop the ball.” ‘ Man Down ’ Trailer: Shia Labeouf Saw Some Things in the War That You Just Wouldn’t Understand, Man Labeouf later told Variety that Spielberg was “less a director than he is a f---ing company.” Now, Labeouf says he feels he was too harsh on Spielberg . “I f--- up sometimes, you know,” Labeouf told SiriusXM’s “ Sway In The Morning ” show. “I probably could’ve gone lighter on Spielberg , that was probably something I should’ve backed off of.” Labeouf » - Graham Winfrey 11 November 2016 3:58 PM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » In case you didn’t know Shia Labeouf can rap. No , it’s true.

The “ American Honey ” actor surprised people at SiriusXM Shade 45’s “Sway in the Morning” when he freestyle rapped during the show’s “ Five Fingers of Death ” segment. The challenge determines an individual’s freestyling abilities over five different beats and surprisingly, Labeouf impressed everyone with his performance. In the video below, the actor is heard rapping about his Missy Elliott tattoos and Dr. Dre . He also calls himself the Einstein of rhyming and the “Jewish Pac to this music with a twist of Whitman.” At the end of his rap, host Sway Calloway gets pumped up and yells, “Did you see that?

This is what we’ve been talking about.” Read More: ‘ Man Down ’ Trailer: Shia Labeouf Saw Some Things in the War That You Just Wouldn’t Understand, Man Labeouf was previously heard rapping in a 2015 viral video, » - Liz Calvario 7 November 2016 4:27 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news » Sf Studios has inked further deals on two anticipated Scandi pics, the Shia Labeouf starrer “Borg/ McEnroe ” and “Børning2 – On Ice ,” at the American Film Market. Directed by Janus Metz Pederson, the Danish helmer whose credits include “ Armadillo ” and “ True Detective ,” “Borg/ McEnroe ” has proven an international sales hit since being introduced by Sf Studios and Tre Vanner at Cannes. “Borg/ McEnroe ” was acquired by Best Film in Poland, Hualu in China, Phoenecia for the Middle East and Fame Solutions/Programs4Media for former Yugoslavia.

Ahead of the Afm, the project was picked up by Lucky Red ( Lucky Red ) and Cineplex (Colombia). Sf Studios had previously sold the pic to 10 territories including France ( Pretty Pictures ), UK (Curzon), Gas (Ascot Elite) and Australia/New Zealand (Vendetta). Meanwhile, “Børning 2 – On Ice , » - Elsa Keslassy 31 October 2016 7:21 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » For many distributors, producers and sales agents, the American Film Market is the movie business equivalent of the Super Bowl. Billed as “Hollywood’s global deal-making event” and “the film industry’s largest international conference,” this year’s Afm will draw more than 1,500 film buyers from 80 countries, all of whom will converge upon Santa Monica hoping to close deals for projects in every stage of development and production. But how important is Afm to the independent film ecosystem? Unlike Sundance, Cannes or Berlin, Afm has no festival, and therefore no flashy premieres to start bidding wars among distributors.

While this year’s event will include more than 70 world premiere screenings and roughly 250 market premieres, Afm is known more for pre-sales and getting projects off the ground than finding homes for theatrical titles. Here are four ways this year’s Afm could have an impact on the independent film world. 1. Hot new projects. » 25 October 2016 1:03 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » Shia Labeouf has leaned toward the art-house in recent years, with roles in “Nymphomaniac” and “ American Honey ” marking a sharp contrast to his “ Transformers ” days. He’ll next be seen in a more conventional film, however: “ Man Down ,” a new thriller from director Dito Montiel . Watch its new trailer below.

Read More: ‘Borg/ McEnroe ’: See First Image of Shia Labeouf as Tennis Star John McEnroe for Biopic Labeouf plays a Marine who, after returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, finds himself on the search for his wife ( Kate Mara ) and son ( Charlie Shotwell ); he’s aided in that quest by a friend and fellow Marine ( Jai Courtney ) whose trigger-happy approach to conflict resolution is both a hindrance and a help. Labeouf’s character is haunted by one wartime experience in particular, which informs his demeanor and behavior throughout the film. Read More: Shia Labeouf Says He ‘Doesn » - Michael Nordine 6 October 2016 12:34 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news » Shia Labeouf has taken on many diverse roles in his rather curious career, but now he gets to channel his inner tennis player as John McEnroe in the upcoming tennis drama Borg/ McEnroe . Is it going to be a major stretch for Labeouf to play a famous narcissist with a volatile temper? Probably not.

The first photos from Borg/ McEnroe hit the web today, courtesy of a few different Twitter pages, and though they don’t tell us much about what to expect from it, we can at least say that Labeouf looks like the spitting image of McEnroe , though the fabulous 80s hair certainly helps the illusion along. First image of Shia Labeouf and Sverrir Gudnason as John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg from the upcoming movie “Borg/McEnr… pic.twitter.com/wRn5M9IA7c — PiFiZone (@PiFiZone) October 4, 2016 Shia Labeouf as Tennis Star John McEnroe in a new Biopic currently filming in Sweden… » - Lauren Humphries-Brooks 4 October 2016 11:40 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news » The very first image of Shia Labeouf and Sverrir Gudnason in the forthcoming tennis biopic Borg/ McEnroe has found its way online.

Labeouf plays John McEnroe and Gudnason plays the role of Bjorn Borg in the film which revolves around the 1980 Wimbledon final. Here it is (via (Imgur): The match between McEnroe and Borg is widely deemed to be one of the greatest ever played – a five-set stunner that captivated audiences on Centre Court and around the world on live television. The film, directed by Janus Metz Pedersen , features a stellar cast that also includes Stellan Skarsgård as Swedish tennis player and coach Lennart Bergelin, Robert Emms as Vitas Gerulaitis and Tuva Novotny as Romanian tennis player, and ex-wife to Borg, Mariana Simionescu. Both Labeouf and Gudnason, along with their co-stars were snapped at a press conference in Sweden just yesterday where shooting continues.

The film will be released » - Paul Heath 4 October 2016 2:34 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news » Shia Labeouf ’s next project is the biopic “Borg/ McEnroe ,” the story about the rivalry between hot-headed tennis star John McEnroe (Labeouf) and Swedish player Björn Borg ( Sverrir Gudnason ) in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The first image of the upcoming drama has been released which shows the actors dressed as the athletes on a tennis court. Read More: Shia Labeouf Says He ‘Doesn’t Like the Movies’ He Made With Steven Spielberg Considered one of the greatest tennis players of his time, McEnroe was known for his tantrums and outbursts during his career and faced off 14 times with Borg, who had a cool and emotionless personality. Back in May, Labeouf told Variety how excited he was for this project and that he deeply identified with his character. “[McEnroe and I have] everything in common. Passionate. Perfectionist. Narcissistic.

I’m a bit of a caricature also,” Shia stated. “You look for parallels in your life, » - Liz Calvario 22 September 2016 5:58 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news » The tennis star expresses astonishment that nobody involved in the forthcoming film about his rivalry with Björn Borg has been in touch John McEnroe , the tennis star who won seven Grand Slam singles titles, has questioned the authenticity of forthcoming biopic Borg vs McEnroe . The movie, which is currently shooting, focuses on the rivalry between McEnroe (played by Shia Labeouf ) and the Swedish tennis pro Björn Borg ( Sverrir Gudnason ) in the late 1970s and early 80s. During an interview in Vanity Fair, McEnroe expressed concern about the complete lack of contact from the film-makers. Continue reading » 15 September 2016 9:34 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news » by Murtada The bad boy of movies is playing the bad boy of tennis. Is this a case of too on the nose casting?

What matters of course is if Shia Labeouf can approximate John McEnroe ’s look convincingly. Looks like it. The fro helps. However it seems that Labeouf is trying to reform that bad boy image. To promote Andrea Arnold ’s American Honey , which comes out later this month, LeBeouf gave a long interview to Variety. In it he might have come up with the best rebuttal for Jared Leto ’s recent shenanigans about being committed to the craft. Labeouf said that he doesn’t think of himself as a method actor anymore: “The word is getting embarrassing. You don’t hear about female method actors. The whole thing has turned into weird, false masculinity shit.” Indeed. Could it be that Shia finally said exactly what everyone wants to hear? » - Murtada Elfadl 6 September 2016 10:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news » A photo shoot with Shia Labeouf is a live-wire experience.

With his curly locks slicked back, in Nikes and tattered pants, the 30-year-old actor refuses hair-and-makeup, as he blasts songs on his iPhone, singing along to Nina Simone ’s “If You Pray Right (Heaven Belongs to You).” He’s friendly, but firm about what he won’t do, and he bristles when a Variety photographer suggests that he step inside an ancient-looking wine cellar. “No,” Labeouf says, pointing to the bottles of alcohol. “That sh-t almost f–ked up my life.” Over the last five years, Labeouf has been embroiled in a bizarre off-screen drama of his own making — one that nearly derailed his career. He’s been dogged by several alcohol-related arrests, a public firing from the 2013 Broadway play “Orphans,” and even accusations of plagiarism surrounding a short film he directed that same year.

But the biggest scandal came in 2014: Drunk on whiskey, » - Ramin Setoodeh 24 August 2016 11:20 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news » The greatest rivals in tennis today will put their personal competition aside to play together in the inaugural Laver Cup in Prague next year. Five tennis legends - Rod Laver , Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe - came together for a press conference to announce details about the Laver Cup on Wednesday. Named after tennis legend Ron Laver, the tournament was first announced during the Australian Open in January as a men's team event that will take place annually in September, but not during an Olympic year. The cup will feature a European team against a group » - Ale Russian, @russian_ale 8 August 2016 12:55 PM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news » Jay Z and Beyoncé sure know how to do family night.

On Sunday night, the pair and their 4½-year-old daughter Blue Ivy stepped out to a special invitation-only SiriusXM Coldplay concert at The Stephen Talkhouse in the Hamptons, benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. " Jay Z was holding Blue Ivy and put his hands over her ears for a second because the music was loud," an onlooker tells People. "Right after Beyoncé walked in she put on her sunglasses," says the source. "They just stayed for a couple minutes inside." While the star-studded event was attended by Jimmy Buffett , Jon Bon Jovi , » - Nicole Sands, @nicolesands901

Question: John McEnroe was born in which country?
Answer: Germany